98 



COTTON- WOOL, 



No. 46. 



Extract Madras Board of Trade General Report, 

 dated 30th September 1819. 



Madras Board Par. 33. We Stated that the desirable obiect of 



of Trade Ge- . . ^ . 



nerai Reporf, restorlnoT the cottoii trade in the Northern Circars 



30 Sept. 1819. , T 1 



had not been lost sight oi ; but the numerous im- 

 pediments that existed to the revival of a trade 

 that had completely ceased, from a variety of 

 causes, would necessarily render its restoration to 

 any beneficial extent a work of some time. 



34. That circumstance, however, would make 

 the loss of one of the cotton-screws sent from 

 England on the ship Paragon productive of the 

 less inconvenience. The other screw, intended to 

 be erected at Ingeram, had formed the subject of 

 past correspondence with the Bengal Govern- 

 ment ; and measures were in progress to get the 

 screw to that place, and ready for being put up, 

 whensoever circumstances shall so change as to 

 hold out a prospect of any collection of cotton 

 to a sufficient extent. 



35. With a view to assist in the desirable mea- 

 sure of extending the cultivation of the Bourbon 

 and other valuable cottons, and the ascertaining 

 the congeniality of the soils of various districts to 

 the growth thereof, we had, under the sanction 

 of Government, commenced the introduction of 

 cotton farms of about four hundred acres each. 



These 



